Scary appointment, but ended up fine

I had a scary 16 week appointment yesterday. My doctor couldn't find the heartbeat with the doppler!! He was rushing, and the longer he couldn't find it, the more frustrated he got. He was looking way down in my pelvis, which I think the baby is higher than that. He sent me to ultrasound saying he wasn't worried, but we needed to make sure, those 10 minutes were the longest in my life. I kept alternating praying for God to give me peace, no matter the outcome, and telling little girl to start moving so I could stop worrying. The ultrasound showed a baby with a heartbeat of 145, and confirmed girl once again (we had had an elective u/s on Wednesday). The U/S (ultrasound) tech and my doctor.s nurse were precious, they were just as excited as I was for the heartbeat. I didn't see my doctor after that. Doctor care is so different from Mid-Wife care! This is my first full pregnancy under doctor care and if I could I'd go back to midwife care, but there is a high chance of me having to have a c-section again, so I need to stay.

I thought I'd share since this is the first time I've experienced something like this. The U/S (ultrasound) tech and nurse says it happens quite frequently, but I have never experience it and neither has any of my friends.

Comments (2)

Hugs! How scary! The same thing happened to me when I was pregnant with my dd. my midwife couldn't find the heartbeat so she had me go to the bathroom came back and still couldn't find it but thankfully she was moving around a ton on the ultrasound! It's such an awful situation to be in! Thank god your baby girl is ok! It's exciting you know it's a girl though! Congratulations!!!

This happened to me on Monday. They brought in an ultrasound machine into the room and saw the heart beat but didn't say how many beats. And the lo had its legs crossed so we couldn't see anything. I am 17 weeks so far. The doctor said she couldn't find the heart beat because of all the scar tissue from massive stretch marks with my previous pregnancy. So Idk what to think about that but were still kicking on this end.

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